Cheeck Proceeding 1

Checks are written everyday at almost every place of business. At age 18 anyone with the adequate amount of money can open a checking account of his or her own. One aspect of checking account functions that many account owners are not familiar with is the processing of their checks after they have been written. When grocery shopping at a place such as Winn Dixie the customer many times thinks to his or herself whether he or she should pay cash, charge it, or pay for the purchase with a check. He or she may ponder this question in their mind all the way to the check out counter. When the customer makes the decision to pay for the merchandise with a check, a long process is started. This process begins when the check is handed over to the cashier. Once all information has been properly placed on the check the cashier then will normally ask for two things, a home phone number and a drivers license number. Once all of the necessary information has been placed on the check by both the cashi...